Harriet Bishop
Harriet Bishop
(1817-1883)
St. Paul’s first public school teacher
Show your students how their classroom
compares to Harriet’s. They’ll learn about:
- The role of women in American frontier education
- The differences and similarities between school in the 19th and 21st centuries
- The diverse peoples who lived in St. Paul during Minnesota’s territorial years
- The mid-19th century experience of leaving one’s home behind to move to a new territory
Grades K-8
“Northern Lights” Chapters 6 & 7
